RE: RPG.NET -- RPG400-L

I was away late last week, but I don't think I can let this one go:

>From: Joe Pluta [mailto:joepluta@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] 
>If .NET had an equivalent package to IBM's Java Toolbox, you might be
>able to say .NET has similar capabilites.  But the toolbox allows a
>greater interaction between a JVM and the iSeries than any other
>technique.  

I won't argue for a minute that the toolbox delivers a huge number of
features. However, in many cases you don't need them. If you're willing to
use the iSeries like a large database all you need is the OLE/DB driver (or
the .NET data connector now in beta). Since you can call just about any
(screen-less) program as a stored proc you have access to all the iSeries
features (data areas, queues, messages, CL commands, etc.) through something
as simple as the OLE/DB driver.

>Add to that the fact that any code you write in Java can
>then be used as a component in a web application running servlets and
>JavaServer Pages, and Java is still a better bang for the buck.  

And you can't use your .NET code in ASP.NET pages for what reason?

>Throw in WDSci and the WebSphere Test Environment, and Microsoft still has
a
>little way to go as far as a development framework. 

Have you looked at Visual Studio.NET? VS is an incredibly flexible, powerful
and programmable development environment. And from a test scenario all you
need is a copy of XP Pro and the .NET framework to develop. 

-Walden

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-----Original Message-----
From: Joe Pluta [mailto:joepluta@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] 
Sent: Friday, December 05, 2003 2:24 PM
To: 'RPG programming on the AS400 / iSeries'
Subject: RE: RPG.NET

> From: Steve Richter
> 
> In such a setting, .NET and the
> iSeries is far superior to java and the iSeries.

If .NET had an equivalent package to IBM's Java Toolbox, you might be
able to say .NET has similar capabilites.  But the toolbox allows a
greater interaction between a JVM and the iSeries than any other
technique.  Add to that the fact that any code you write in Java can
then be used as a component in a web application running servlets and
JavaServer Pages, and Java is still a better bang for the buck.  Throw
in WDSci and the WebSphere Test Environment, and Microsoft still has a
little way to go as far as a development framework.

On the other hand, given the large amount of VB knowledge out there,
thick client applications have a leg up in the .NET environment.
However, as far as I've been able to tell over the last few years, thick
client development is losing mindshare to browser-based applications.

So my position right now is that for web applications, the JVM is still
the place to be, while if you're developing a Windows thick client, .NET
has a lot to offer.

Joe

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